{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-6-290.4","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-290.4","heading":"Board - Powers and duties","body":"In addition to any powers and duties of the Board provided for\n\nby law, the Board shall have the power and duty to:\n\n1. Adopt and promulgate regulations necessary to provide for\n\nthe proper inspection of exotic livestock and exotic livestock\n\nproducts, and prescribe conditions under which carcasses, parts of\n\ncarcasses, exotic livestock meat and exotic livestock products\n\ncapable of use as human food, shall be stored, labeled, marked or\n\notherwise handled by any person engaged in the business of buying,\n\nselling, freezing, storing, or transporting, in or for intrastate\n\ncommerce;\n\n2. Cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United\n\nStates in effectuating the purposes of the Exotic Livestock and\n\nExotic Livestock Products Inspection Act;\n\n3. Appoint inspectors to make examination and inspection of\n\nexotic livestock, exotic livestock carcasses, all exotic livestock\n\nmeat and exotic livestock products, and the sanitary conditions of\n\nall plants or establishments in which exotic livestock meat and\n\nexotic livestock products are prepared;\n\n4. Detain and seize exotic livestock or exotic livestock\n\ncarcasses or exotic livestock products pursuant to the provisions of\n\nthe Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act;\n\n5. Require reports from all persons subject to the provisions\n\nof the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection\n\nAct;\n\n6. Suspend inspection service pursuant to the provisions of the\n\nExotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act;\n\n7. Establish and enforce administrative penalties pursuant to\n\nSection 11-1 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes;\n\n8. Enter upon any public or private property for purposes of\n\ninspecting and investigating compliance with the Exotic Livestock\n\nand Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act;\n\n9. Refuse to render inspection services to any establishment\n\nwhose premises, facilities, or equipment, or the operation thereof,\n\nfail to meet the requirements of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic\n\nLivestock Products Inspection Act;\n\n10. Institute or cause to be instituted any necessary legal\n\nproceedings with the Office of the Attorney General or in any court\n\nof competent jurisdiction for an injunction relief to enforce the\n\nprovisions of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products\n\nInspection Act; and\n\n11. Exercise all incidental powers which are necessary and\n\nproper to perform the duties of the Board pursuant to the Exotic\n\nLivestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act.","path":["OK Code","Title 2"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os2.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"d431cc645032097e5fc07d923e103f49c4e2b7cc31aaeae3e5865d67d2d0488c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-6-290.3","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-6-290.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}